*If you are interested in attending this upcoming conference and would like a ride, CTSAW is organizing carpools to Boston. Please email us at cutsaw@gmail.com or call 860 916 2761*
NEW ENGLAND ANTIWAR CONFERENCE
Saturday, January 30, 10:30 AM-6 PM
MIT Bldg. 34-101, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge MA
REGISTER TODAY! To register for the conference, please go to http://newenglandunited.org/register . No advance payment is required to register and it only takes sixty seconds.
ENDORSE TODAY! If your organization would like to endorse the conference, please email the endorsement to the Outreach committee at newenglandunitedoutreach@gmail.com . Donations are appreciated but are not required to endorse.
DONATE TODAY! If your organization would like to donate to NEU to help support the conference, please send your check (payable to New England United) to New England United, 33 Harrison Avenue, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02111. Thanks.
REQUEST A TABLE! To request a table for your group, please go to http://newenglandunited.org/table. Each table costs $10. Groups may also bring their own tables, but please let us know so we can reserve the space.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION:
Registration: $15 general; $10 students & unemployed; Scholarships available. Lunches (box lunch or pizza) can be ordered in advance. To register for the conference, please go to http://newenglandunited.org/ register .
Panel 1: The Drive Towards Empire and Endless War
* Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report & Black is Back
* Saadia Toor, Action for a Progressive Pakistan
* Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
* Michael Schwartz, author of War Without End: The Iraq War in Context
Panel 2: Debunking the War on Terror
* Salma Abu Ayyash, Palestinian activist
* Pardiss Kebriaei, Guantanamo Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights
* Danny Schechter, author of Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception
* Peter Dale Scott, author of The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, & the Future of America.
Concurrent Workshops:
* Domestic Costs of War led by Jon Flanders of Troy NY Labor Council and Nellie Bailey of Harlem Tenants Council
* In Our Lifetimes! Obama, the NPT and the International Struggle for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons led by Joe Gerson of AFSC
* Cutting War Spending 25%, Funding Jobs and Neighborhoods led by Mike Prokosch of Dorchester People for Peace
* Global Warming and War led by Ted Glick, Maggie Zhou & Joel Kovel
* Student Organizing led by Wes Strong of CT Students Against the War
* Resistance within the Military: The Renewed Struggles Against U.S. Imperialism led by Priscilla Loundes from March Forward!, IVAW, & VFP
* Covert Operations and 9/11 led by Paul Zarembka, Professor of Political Economy SUNY Buffalo, and Barry Zwicker, Editor of Global Outlook
* Defending Palestine with Salma Abu Ayyash & Sarah Roche-Mahdi
* War in Latin America led by Omar Sierra, Venezuelan Consulate; Antoine del Castro Rio, Colombia Polo Democrático; & Tito Meza, Proyecto Hondureno
** PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE SPEAKER BIOS **
Plenary: Organize regional campaigns to build the March 20 antiwar march on DC, to redirect military spending to human needs, and to end the siege of Gaza.
Social: To be held at a fine Central Square establishment in Cambridge.
Endorsing Organizations to date:
AFSC Maine
AFSC New England
AFSC SE New England
ANSWER Boston
ANSWER Connecticut
Augusta Women in Black
Cape Codders for P&J
Code Pink Greater Boston
Code Pink Maine
CT Students Against War
CT United for Peace
Dorchester People for Peace
Global Network Against Nuclear Power & Weapons in Space
Grassroots International
Greater Boston Alliance for 9/11 Truth & Justice
Greater Boston Stop the Wars Coalition
Greater Boston United for Justice with Peace Coalition
International Socialist Organization
Island P&J group
Maine Peace Works
Mass Peace Action
Middle East Crisis Committee
Northeast CT Coalition for Peace and Justice
Peace Action Maine
PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick (ME)
Radio Free Maine
RI Mobilization Committee to Stop War and Occupation
Socialist Alternative
Socialist Party of CT
Southeastern CT War Moratorium
Veterans for 9/11 Truth
Waterville Area Bridges for Peace & Justice
We Refuse to be Enemies (CT)
West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice
Women’s Int’l League for Peace & Freedom/Maine branch
Bruce K. Gagnon,Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Christine Gauvreau, Connecticut United for Peace
John Harris, Greater Boston Stop the Wars Coalition
David Keil, Faculty member, Framingham State College; member, MetroWest Peace Action
Marilyn Levin, Boston United for Justice with Peace; Co-Coordinator, National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations
Daniel Piper, Connecticut United for Peace
Sarah Roche-Mahdi, Code Pink Greater Boston
Mark Roman, Waterville Area Bridges for Peace & Justice
Lisa Savage, CODEPINK Maine Local Coordinator
Mark Stahl, RI Mobilization Committee to Stop War and Occupation
for the New England United conference committee
Website: http://newenglandunited.org/
Pelstine Solidarity and Divestment from Israel
CT Students Against the War stands in solidairty with the people of Palestine. We encourage campus groups to start divesment campaigns on thier campus or at thier school. Divestment is one of the major ways that we can support the Palestinian Struggle in a way that is easily accessible to get involved with. Below is some material on several National Divestment/Boycott Campaigns.
Caterpiller produces and sells bull dozers used to demolish Palestinian houses. Caterpillar
Motorola has constructed bomb fuses used in the oppression of Palestinians for years. Check out the infosheet via this page.
The US Campaign to End the Occupation has a lot of great literature. I particularly like this flier on “Israeli apartheid”, this one, which introduces the Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions campaign, this one on connections between the occupations of Palestine and Iraq, and this on US military aid.
This is a handout in comic form, intended to be handed out at anti-war rallies, with very basic info on the connections between US imperialism in Iraq and Palestine. Here is a very good factsheet on the right of return from the Palestinian Right to Return Coalition.
Here is a statement by queer people in solidarity with Palestine, which we could make into a flier if we were tabling at a queer event or something. Here is the massive united call for BDS signed by dozens of Palestinian civil society groups, which also could be made into a flier.
Here is the call by associations of Palestinian academics and intellectuals for an academic boycott of Israel, which is particularly pertinent for us college students.
De-Militarize our Campuses! – Counter Recruitment Resources
Below are just a few resources to help build your local Counter Recruitment Campaign. We will post campaign news and developments as we are informed of progress.
http://www.counterrecruitmentguide.org/
http://www.codepink4peace.org/section.php?id=48
http://www.warresisters.org/counterrecruitment
http://www.notyoursoldier.org/
http://www.afsc.org/ht/d/sp/i/457/pid/457
http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=3913
- by Wesley Strong
While President Obama unveiled his plan to escalate troop levels in Afghanistan last week, anti-war activists were finishing the organization of protests for the following day, Wednesday December 2. Demonstrations took place in New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Albany, Providence, Philadelphia, Chicago, Portland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Atlanta and several other cities throughout the US. Activists from several sectors of the movement united for the first time in years in response to a national call endorsed by the major anti-war coalitions United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) as well as the newer group, the National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations.
Numbers were modest at best, but many reports indicated larger crowds than organizers expected. This could represent a significant shift in the anti-war movement from a long period of shrinking and retraction into a period of growth. Of course, we should be hesitant to say that this is the case.
What is clear is the beginnings of disenchantment with Obama among progressive circles. Many anti-war activists voted for Obama last November thinking of him as an anti-war president, despite his campaign support for expansion of the conflict in Afghanistan. Since the election, the anti-war movement has been in a decline, as many had hoped that Obama would bring change and end these wars.
But it is now clear was that this war is not ending. On December 1st, Obama laid out a strategy of escalation in Afghanistan. He has committed 30,000 more troops into the conflict, expanded the CIA drone program which is being investigated for war crimes, and included an expansion of private military contractors. Jeremy Scahill has reported that the Bush/Cheney targeted assassinations plan is continuing under the US Joint Special Operation Command (JSOC) and involves heavy collaboration between US Special Forces and private military contractors such as Blackwater.
What many find most disturbing is the drone campaign, which was responsible for the displacement of over two million Pakistanis. While Obama claims the United States is the largest international supporter of these displaced persons, he plans to continue a war and bombing campaign that causes the displacement. With little support from the Pakistani government, these refugees will continue to suffer as conditions are exacerbated by the expansion of the conflict and a continued drone targeted bombing campaign. Though Obama has claimed that the US has no interest in occupying another nation, it is clear that this will continue.
“More than any other nation, the USA has underwritten global security for over 6 decades, a time that for all its problems, has seen walls come down, markets open and billions lifted from poverty .. we have not sought world domination … we do not seek to occupy other nations … what we have fought for and what we continue to fight for is better lives for our children and grandchildren.” – President Barack Obama
So why is the US really there? With continued expenditure on the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq and the expansion of the drone campaign in Pakistan, many private contractors are raking in millions in security and construction contracts, while the Afghan people have seen little change and still suffer under an undemocratic government. Karzai, who secured his recent electoral victory by using the influence of prominent warlords and a corrupt system to avoid any serious investigation into electoral fraud, has always been supported by the US. Obama has made clear that the goal of the US is to form a lasting partnership with Afghanistan. Of course, the US idea of partnership is a partnership that operates on the interests of US foreign policy goals and in favor of business. This “partnership” is not a partnership by any means, it is an imperialist objective to secure greater influence for the US in the region.
“America seeks an end to this era of war and suffering. We have no interest in occupying your country … we will seek a partnership with Afghanistan rounded in mutual respect .. in which America is your partner, and never your patron” – Pres. Barack Obama
As revelations about the facts on the ground in Afghanistan pile up, perception of Obama as an anti-war president shatters. His recent speech could be a turning point in further breaking progressive forces from Obama – and a re-energized antiwar movement could also have new partners in the streets. Since last January, many labor activists have come out strong against the war. The Troy Labor Council, The American Federation of Teachers, US Labor Against the War, and a new group of labor and anti-war activists calling themselves the Workers’ Emergency Recovery Campaign have released statements against the war and Afghanistan. There have been calls for the AFL-CIO and Change to Win to organize a national march on Washington DC for jobs, peace, healthcare, and a moratorium on foreclosures and evictions.
Obama’s war and our resistance
In response to Obama’s speech on December 1st, anti-war activists organized local actions throughout the country. Reports are coming in of three-hundred in San Francisco, three-hundred in NYC splint in two different demonstrations, two-hundred-fifty in Chicago, two-hundred in Boston, and hundreds more in protests spread around the country in most major cities. These protests are a significant growth since the disappointing October 17th demonstrations that fell well below the expected turnout. What makes these different is the concerted efforts by all sectors of the movement to unite in opposition to the escalation and expanded war in Afghanistan. For the first time in several years, progressive and left sectors of the movement joined together. This unity turned what normally are small protests into much larger and significant actions.
Though there was certainly modest numbers in comparison to previous years and eras, these protests, organized essentially in two weeks, showed a desire from progressive groups to continue opposition to the wars and to take a strong stance against Obama’s Afghanistan policy. This commitment could change the future of the anti-war movement in the US and turn it back into the mass movement that it once was.
Of course, this cannot be achieved just by reigniting progressive sectors of the movement and bringing them back into the streets, but it also requires a commitment from the current movement to identify new people and expand the movement in a significant way. If this growth continues, the capacity of the movement can expand and its ability to reach out to new people will only grow. Despite what seems to be a significant achievement in this recent wave of protests, we also must remain realistic. The anti-war movement may still remain on its back for a while, but only time will tell.
It is unclear what the future of the anti-war movement holds, or if the national March on Washington being organized for March 20th in DC will reach the numbers that have turned out for past demonstrations. But if rank and file activists affiliated with UFPJ reignite their participation in the streets, we can only expect growth.
There are some signs that this is beginning to happen. Since UFPJ’s recent announcement that it might be dissolving due to financial debts, a coalition of progressives and former rank-and file UFPJ activists are organizing a demonstration on December 12th in Washington DC. First appearing in a letter sent to president Obama leading up to his announcement, a collection of former UFPJ activists and prominent voices such as Col. Ann Wright, David Swanson, Chris Hedges, and Cynthia McKinney, Enduswars.org represents the first push from progressive sectors of the movement to challenge Obama on his policies.
“If you choose to escalate, we will oppose this policy with all the energy we possess. We will act to mobilize the largest possible anti-war demonstration in Washington DC and other cities before the end of 2009, and continuously thereafter. We will support anti-war candidates of any party in the 2010 elections. If you are still waging the Afghan war in 2011, we will be forced to seriously consider backing an explicitly anti-war primary candidate to challenge you during the Democratic primaries.” – EndUSWars.org
This moment could represent a turning point in the opinions of progressive who have been giving Obama the benefit of the doubt up until now.
What the past year has clarified is that change cannot come from above. We cannot elect away these wars, we must unite and march in the streets in opposition to these wars. Those who had given Obama the benefit of the doubt are finally standing in opposition to his foreign policy.
Now, there are many reasons to be inspired to join the anti-war movement. We have been inspired by the labor activists who have joined those standing up against these wars, by those who took to the streets last January in opposition to the Israeli siege on Gaza calling for the US to withdraw its support, by the growing number of GIs that refuse to deploy to Afghanistan, and now by the progressives who are refusing to support Obama’s policies and have begun to stand up and fight back. If we can continue to seek this inspiration, and continue to build this movement, we can and will rebuild the struggle for peace and justice. Though the future is not set in stone, what is clear is that being in the anti-war movement is as important as ever with popular opinion turning further against the Afghanistan war.
On October 24th, students, workers, faculty, and staff of California schools gathered in a statewide meeting to decide the future of their movement. This movement, built on the history of protracted struggle and the recent upsurge in resistance to budget cuts and tuition hikes, called for a three day strike starting on November 18th and continuing until November 20th to protest the regents meeting at which a thirty-two percent tuition hike was going to be proposed. This three day strike has continued since the 18th with a various number of actions including building occupations to keep library spaces open, sit-in occupations at campus buildings resembling actions of the 1960s to create and open and free space for grassroots education and learning, demonstrations against police brutality, and demonstrations against the administration.
Actions on the 18th of November
These actions started mostly on UC campuses, but spread throughout the state and inspired students around the country. The students and workers in California have achieved success in both maintaining unity while respecting political differences, as well as focusing on and building for a mass movement. They have provided a lot of lessons on how we, as students and workers, can achieve serious concrete victories. After the first week of occupations, universities began to leave libraries open twenty-four hours – as they had been in the past during finals – deciding not to risk occupations. Students still occupied these buildings, however, and made them into free spaces during those occupations.
Wheeler Hall renamed “Freeler for All”
One of the most significant actions since the 18th and the end of the three day strike happened on the campus of UC Berkeley. Students at UC Berkeley occupied Wheeler hall for the second time. In an event called Open University, they pledged to keep the doors open and to make the hall into a free and open democratic space for students. They held workshops, social events, discussions, speakers, and occupied the building without incident until December 11th when the occupation was shut down by police in the early morning as they locked the doors behind them and arrested students, most of whom were sleeping or studying for finals. This occurred the morning of the 11th when Boots Riley, the well known hip-hop artist and member of the band aptly named The Coup, was scheduled to perform that night. Sixty-six arrests were made; many were released with citations, while eight were held for arraignment. Three of these eight are now out with two having their charges dropped.
Students Arrested at Wheeler Hall
Students continued to organize and held the concert anyways. The events of that morning were still sharp in many of their minds. Some of the students that were arrested spoke to the crowd of 150 that gathered. The five-day long occupation (December 7th – December 11th) may bring back memories of 1960s sit-ins that achieved very much the same goals.
On December 9th, Students at San Francisco State University occupied the business building on their campus attempting to achieve the same goals as the UC Berkeley Students. These students were met with force by the university administration as a video on their website demonstrates.
At the statewide meeting on October 24th, the assembly voted to endorse March 4th as a statewide day of action to defend public education. As students were planning the final details of Open University and the SFSU occupation, regional coordinating committees met the weekend of December 5th to begin organizing for March 4th. These coordinating committees decided that to support making March 4th a national day of action, but what they were unaware of was that people across the country, inspired by the recent actions in California, had already begun preliminary work towards that national call.
SFSU Students Occupy building
On December 14th, the California Coordinating Committee released a call for March 4th to be a National Day of Action to Defend Public Education. Today, on December 16th, an ad-hoc body comprised of students, workers, and other activists released the nationally organized call for a national day of action on March 4th to defend education. This body consisted of students who participated in the New School occupations, students and workers from across the country, student activists from ongoing campaigns in North Carolina, Chicago, Milwaukee, and various other locations (see the endorsers list for a better picture). Students and workers are beginning to unite across the country to fight back against budget cuts and demand a better world.
Is March 4th going to be a turning point? That is a question that no one can answer concretely until March 5th. But what is clear is that we have a long history of struggle to learn from. This history is not taught in public schools, and barely taught in higher education. The weekend, the 8 hour work day, employee healthcare, pensions, retirements, and a various collection of other benefits that we all aim to have one day are victories won in struggle. As students, we must understand this long history of resistance. March 4th will play a role in the history of student movement, just as the past month’s actions in California have, just as the student activism of the 1960s had. The extent of the significance of these actions is yet to be determined, but what is clearer, now more than ever, is their context. The greatest contribution that California has given us – besides a model of organizing – is a concrete understanding of the context of future actions.
This economic system has exposed its own contradictions, as it has always done, and California has given shown us that not only can we fight back – but we must. California has provided us with a response, with an answer. This answer rings throughout history, a history that is not simply static, but wholly dynamic. We are the agents of history. Every action we take forms the mold of history. Every time we stand up and demand justice, we change the face of society. Every time we join together, united in common cause and in the spirit of solidarity, we recognize that yes, we are the makers of history and yes, we can be more powerful than Wall Street, Washington, or the Pentagon. If we understand this, we can – and will – begin to not only demand a better world, but to organize and fight for it, and in turn, make it into a reality.
For students and education workers (everyone from service jobs to professor) this struggle continues on March 4th. All out for March 4th!
Banner from National Call Website
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY – MARCH 4TH NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TO DEFEND EDUCATION!
Below and Attached is the March 4th National Call to Action to Defend Education. Students here in Connecticut and across the country are organizing to fight back against budget cuts, tuition hikes, attacks on worker’s rights, firings and lay-offs, and are going to take a stand on March 4th. I encourage you to join the national call as an endorser, and participate in local organizing. There will be a March 4th planning and discussion Conference call in January to put together a call for a state wide organizing meeting to Defend Education March 4th for early on in the spring semester. All are welcome to participate. Details are below:
Connecticut March 4th Discussion and Early Spring Meeting Planning Call
January 10th, 7PM
(608) 649-1800
Access Code 626714
We will be discussing a draft call for a March 4th organizing meeting in the beginning of the semester, aiming to bring in students, workers, teachers, faculty, and staff from all over Connecticut’s education system. Join together and Take a Stand to Defend Education Rights!
wcstrong@gmail.com / 860 916 2761
www.defendeducation.org
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Tens of thousands more American soldiers are being sent to Afghanistan to secure the Karzai warlord narco alliance.
Join Connecticut Students Against the War along with Peace and Justice Activists from around CT and demand:
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
Money for Jobs, Education, Healthcare, Housing, Green Transportation
NOT FOR WAR!
JOIN THE NATIONAL PROTEST!
DEMONSTRATE Wed. Dec. 2 at 4:30pm
in front of Federal Buildings in Hartford and New Haven.
Hartford, Ribicoff Court House, 428 Main, St.
New Haven, Federal Court House, 140 Church St. (opposite the Green)
Visit the Anti-war Page for more details.
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No Business as Usual!
UC Student Strike and Occupations Report followed by CTSAW statewide meeting
Presented by Wes Strong CTSAW Statewide Organizer, A National Student Organizer for G20 protests in Pittsburgh
Sunday December 6th 2009 at Noon
Located just off the UCONN-Storrs campus at 44 Birch Road, Storrs, CT 06269
UCONN Students: call Jason (860) 639 8108 or Brittany at (860) 614 2724 for a ride from campus.
Lunch will be provided.
Want to come, but need a ride? Call Wes at 860 916 2761.
Followed by:
CT Students Against the War Statewide Meeting
CTSAW is now on Twitter! Follow us and join the CTSAW action list to recieve a text when we announce demonstrations agianst escalation in afghanstan!
Agenda
Financial Report following the conference
Group Building Reports and Developments Post Conference Reports
Report from those attending the BDS Conference – Prospects of BDS actions in CT? Discussion on Afghanistan Escalation Protest
Counter – Recruitment Developments
Gaza Freedom March and Solidarity Actions
Coalition Committee
Spring Organizer Training
March 20th
Local CTSAW Originated Actions
Open Floor
Post-Conference Wrap-up Details
Rush Hour Afghan Escalation Demos
www.twitter.com/ConnSAW – Follow CTSAW on Twitter to get the emergency Action Notice!
The Obama Administration is expected to soon announce their decision to send some tens of thousands of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan. We need to demonstrate the popular opposition to the war in Afghanistan in as many towns and with as large a number of protesters as possible when this happens. Join us at the federal buildings in Hartford and New Haven, CT from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. the day after.
Called by*:
Chris Gauvreau and Stan Heller, CT United for Peace
CT Students Against War
Middle East Crisis Committee
West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice
Northeast Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice
Citizens for Global Solutions/United Nations Association
Connecticut Peace Coalition/New Haven
CT ANSWER Coalition
International Socialist Organization
Socialist Action
Wes Strong 860 916 2761
Stolen Beauty Campaign
Gaza Freedom March
Spring Organizer Training
Planning to begin at the Decmber 5th and 6th meeting
Coalition Committee
Interested? Contact cutsaw@gmail.com today.
Read the Coalition Committee Document online! –
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeNA_L6jnWKUZGRjc2o5ZGNfMjBkNTRjMm5kag&hl=en
Logos!
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Twitter – Specifically for Emergency Action Notices or Immediate Notices
View documents nad passed proposals from the conference here:
http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B0R3fOiB5wWCODgyYTBmYjctODU2Yy00NWM3LWJhMWUtOGNkOGY3MTJlOTcw&hl=en
Full Report – Video of Jeremy Scahill Speaking at CTSAW Mass Meeting November 1st 2009
On November 1st, students and youth from around CT, along with our movement allies, met for the CTSAW 2009 Fall Mass meeting. We listened to reports from fall demonstrations in Pittsburgh against the G20, from LGBT Allies on their march on Washington for National Equality, and from Boston on October 17th anti-war protests. We welcomed Jeremy Scahill – author, independent journalist, and researcher of private military contractors and mercenary groups such as Blackwater – as our keynote speaker. To read the full report and watch the video, click here.
To read complete details on all of the motions heard and the adopted proposals online click on the following link:
http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B0R3fOiB5wWCODgyYTBmYjctODU2Yy00NWM3LWJhMWUtOGNkOGY3MTJlOTcw&hl=en
Recent Articles on Why we should be anti-war:
Why and To What End in Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/04
Noam Chomsky: No Change in US ‘Mafia Principle’
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/03-2
A Call for Clarity on the Afghanistan War
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/03-0
Afghanistan Just Got Messier
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/02-13
Opium, Rape and the American Way
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/02
Who Deserves Wall Street Bonuses?
Below are the initial reports of number of people joining some of the October 17 protests. Also included are links to news reports on the various events if they are available.
Boston, MA
1000 attending
News link(s)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/10/_david_l_ryangl_7.html
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/10/18/antiwar_demonstrators_in_the_pink_in_copley_square/
http://www.tnhonline.com/twenty-two-unh-students-joined-boston-s-war-protests-saturday-1.797666
San Francisco, CA
1000 attending
News link:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/18/MNAR1A78H4.DTL
Minneapolis, MN
400 attending
News links:
http://tinyurl.com/yjlledv (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
http://www.mndaily.com/2009/10/18/anti-war-protesters-really-uptown
Peoria, IL
25-30 attending
News link:
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x795735067/Group-protests-war-in-Afghanistan
McAllen, TX
100 plus attending
News link(s)
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=364584
http://www.themonitor.com/news/months-31679-roof-martha.html
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=205960
Austin, TX
No attending numbers reported
News link:
http://www.kvue.com/news/alberts/stories/101809kvue-steve-mw.22b3d9455.html
Fresno, CA
100 plus attending
News link:
http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/1677061.html
Kingston, NY
News link:
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/October09/19/war_protest-19Oct09.html
Albany, NY
250 attending
News link:
http://capitalnews9.com/capital-region-news-12-content/top_stories/485335/peace-groups-rally-in-capital-region
Pittsburgh, PA
40 attending
Cleveland, OH
70 Attending
Akron, OH
45 Attending
Eau Claire, WI
80 attending
News link:
http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11332958
Rockland County, NY
50 attending
News link:
http://tinyurl.com/yfk8879
Orlando, FL
News link:
http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/war-protesters-gather-near-ucf-1.2025211
No report from organizers on numbers, news article says 50.
Flagstaff, AR
25 attending according to news report.
News link:
http://jackcentral.com/news/2009/10/marchers-seek-end-to-american-involvement-in-foreign-wars/
Eureka, CA
News article reports 60 people attending.
News link:
http://www.thejackonline.org/news/eureka-participates-in-worldwide-protest-for-peace-1.2028898
Detroit, MI
50 attending (reported in Workers World newspaper)
San Diego, CA
100 attending (reported in Workers World newspaper)
LA, CA
ANSWER Teach-In on war in Afghanistan, organizers report over 200 attended.
Report on Iraq Moratorium website:
http://www.iraqmoratorium.com/reports-from-the-field/189-la-teach-in.html
Dallas, TX
40 – 60 attending
Report on Iraq Moratorium website:
http://www.iraqmoratorium.com/reports-from-the-field/188-dallas-tx-october-17.html
Duluth, MN
100 attending
Report on Iraq Moratorium website:
http://www.iraqmoratorium.com/reports-from-the-field/187-report-on-oct-17-duluth-protest.html
News link:
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/64677882.html
(see video link)
http://www.fox21online.com/news/peace-activists-protest-iraq-afghanistan-wars
Newport, KY
See report on Iraq Moratorium website:
http://www.iraqmoratorium.com/reports-from-the-field/190-world-peace-bell-newport.html
Arvada, Colorado
6 – 9 attending a regular Saturday peace vigil. Two people came from hearing about the national date.
Janesville, WI
25 attending
News link:
http://gazettextra.com/news/2009/oct/14/local-peace-groups-plan-saturday-march/
Hayward, WI
25 attending
Milwaukee, WI
35 attending
Phil., PA
200 attending
News link:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Protest-against-wars-in-Af-by-Richmond-Gardner-091017-994.html
Indianapolis, IN
70 attending
News link:
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/9116/
Moline, IL
12 attending
News link:
http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=462184
Eugene, OR
No report on numbers yet.
News link:
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/october162009/afghan_protest.php